Improvement in carriage-curtain fasteners



H. P.ELsToN.- CARRIAGE-CURTAIN FASTENER. l No. 192,748. y PatentedJulyrs, 1877".

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MF'EA'ERS. PHOTO-UTHDGRLPHER. WASHINGTON, D. C.

UNITED STATES HENRY r. ELsToN, or

PATENT OFFICE.

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN CARRIAGE-CURTAIN FASTENERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 192,748, dated July 3,1877 applicationA filed l February 10, 1877. 1 l

4of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCurtain-Fasteners,

of which the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the'letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspeciication, and in which- Figures 1 and 2 are plan views of the upperplate of my device. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the lower plate, andFig. 4 is a sectional view of my complete device.

Similar letters of reference occurring on' the several figures indicatecorresponding parts.

My invention relates to curtain-fasteners for vehicles, and is designedas an improvementupon the curtain-fastener for which Letters Patentofthe United States were grant-` ed to T. D. Marsh', under date of June1l, 1872, and numbered 127,780 5 and it consists in providing the lowerplate of the device with penetrating-prongs struck up from the metallicVbody, for readily attaching the device to carriage-curtains.

It further consists in providing the upper plate with projecting lugs orspurs, struck up from the body of the metallic plate, and standing atright angles thereto, for readily turning said plate in eitherdirection, to allow of the entrance or removal ofthe knob-button, all aswill be hereinafter more fully described,

and pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the drawings, B represents the lower plate, constructed' ofsuitable sheet metal, of a circular shape, and provided with fourprojecting semicircular lugs, D, arranged. at right angles to eachother. At equal distances between the lugs D are formed triangular spursor projections F, cut out from the body of the metallic plate, as shownin Fig. 3, said spurs being adapted to be bent at right angles to theplate, for ready insertion in the lugs D of the lower carriage-curtainto secure the complete device circumference as the lower plate, uponwhichv it rests, and is secured thereto by bending the plate over theedges of the upper plate, as shown.

ItY will be observed that when the two plates 'A and B are connectedtogether, and the ovalshaped openings C in each are brought oppositeeach other, the knob-button G readily passes through the larger part ofthe said openings, and where it may then be secured in place by turningthe plate A partially around, so as to bring the smaller end of theopening around to the smaller' end of the opposite opening, therebyholding the knob-button between the two.

The advantages of my invention will be readily apparent, inasmuch as itcombines in its construction and operation a high degree of cheapnessand economy of construction with a ready adaptation to the purposeintended.

I am aware of the patent to H. Drake of date June l0, 1873, and herebydisclaim the construction shown therein.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and useful is-As an improved article of manufacture,the

hereinbefore-described curtain-fastener, consisting of the lower plateB, having spurs or projections F, lugs D, and central opening C,combinedV with the upper plate A., having spurs E and central opening C,substantially as and for the purpose described.

' HENRY P. ELSTON. Witnesses:

THOMAS S. ATKINs, EmmT CRUMP.

